Yay! On February 4-th we had our first meeting to discuss the HIE for our region.
These were the institutions attending the first meeting:
Erlanger
IVHIN - Knoxville
Memorial
MidSouth eHealth Alliance - Memphis
Office of e-Health - State of TN
Parkridge
Southern Adventist University
Tennessee Hospital Association
TriStar
The name adopted (for now) was Southeast Regional Exchange.
We split in several workgroups (clinical, leadership, privacy & security and technical) and each adopted their own charter. The charge for everyone is to determine whether we should form our own HIE or join an existing one. This decision will be taken by the middle of April.
The technical workgroup, of which I am a part of, has the mission of coming up with the technical requirements for an HIE in our region and judge whether two of the existing Tennessee HIE can serve our needs. The work has already started.
This is definitely an exciting beginning for a faster coordination of care in the Chattanooga region.